quarry

Example Sentences

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Brown grew up near Middlesbrough, England, playing in a local rock quarry and climbing trees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Han said his team was also surprised that some of the animals in the quarry had also been found at Canada's Burgess Shale site, which dates from an early period of the Cambrian explosion.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Finally, Marilyn is not presented as a cipher to be solved or quarry to be caged.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

A quarry in Oxfordshire revealed one of the world's largest-ever dinosaur trackway sites, with around 200 enormous footprints left behind 166 million years ago.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Each day Puli accompanied us to the quarry, usually remaining with us while we worked and always returning with us to the temple.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya